https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/21/amazon-brazil-sinkhole
"Authorities in a city in the Brazilian Amazon have declared a state of
emergency after huge sinkholes opened up, threatening hundreds of homes.
Several buildings in Buriticupu, in Maranhão state, have already been
destroyed, and about 1,200 people of a population of 55,000 risk losing their
homes into a widening abyss.
“In the space of the last few months, the dimensions have expanded
exponentially, approaching substantially closer to the residences,” an
emergency decree issued by the city government earlier this month said about
the sinkholes.
The recent sinkholes are an escalation of a problem that residents of
Buriticupu have been watching unfold for the last 30 years, as rains slowly
erode soils made vulnerable by their sandy nature, plus a combination of poorly
planned building work and deforestation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
